am not a dictator. i'm the president. so ultimately if mitch mcconnell or john boehner say we need to go to catch a plane, i can't have secret service block the doorway. >> but is it a question of leadership? >> i understand. and i know this has been some of the conventional wisdom floating around washington, that somehow even though most people agree that i'm being reasonable, that most people agree i'm presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don't take it means that i should somehow, you know, do a jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what's right. well, they're elected. we have a constitutional system

of government. the speaker of the house and leader of the senate and all those folks have responsibilities. what i can do is i can make the best possible case for why we need to do the right thing. i can speak to the american people about the consequences of the decisions that congress is making or the lack of decision making by congress. but ultimately it's a choice they make. and this idea that somehow there is a secret formula or secret sauce to get speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell to say, you know what, mr. president, you're right, we should close some tax loopholes for the well connected in change for serious entitlement reform and spending cuts for programs we don't need, you know, i think if there was a secret way to do that, would i

have tried it, i would have done it. what i can do is make the best possible argument. i can offer concessions. and i can offer compromise. i can negotiate. i can make sure that my party is willing to compromise and is not being ideological or thinking about these just in terms of political terms. and i think i've done that and i will continue to do that. but what i can't do is force congress to do the right thing. the american people may have the capacity to do that. and in the absence of a decision on the part of the speaker of the house and others to put middle class families ahead of whatever political imperatives he might have right now, we're going to have these cuts in place. but again, i'm hopeful about

human nature. i think that over time people do the right thing. and i will keep on reaching out and seeing if there are other formulas or other ways to jigger this thing into place so that we get a better result. >> what do you say to the people like mayor bloomberg who is no critic of yours who argues that there have some posturing in the claims that there will be big layoffs and a lot of people out of work, and think that the effects of this spending cuts are being overstated by the administration? >> well, jessica, look. i'll just give you an example. the department of defense right now has to figure out how the children of military families are going to continue with their schooling over the next several months because teachers at these army bases are typically civilians, they are therefore subject to furlough, which means that they may not be able to

teach within day a week. now, i expect that we'll be able to manage around it, but if i'm a man or woman in uniform in afghanistan right now, the notion that my spouse back home is having to worry when whether or not the our kids are getting the best education possible, the notion that my school for my children on an army base might be disrupted by congress didn't act, that's an impact. mayor bloomberg and others may not feel that impact. i suspect they won't. but that family will. the border patrol agents who are out there in the hot sun doing what congress said they're supposed to be doing, finding out suddenly that they're getting a 10% pay cut and having to go home and explain that to their families, i don't think they feel like this is an exaggerateded impact.

so i guess it depends on where you sit. what is absolutely true is that not everybody will feel it. not everybody will feel it all at once. what is true is that the accumulation of those stories all across this country, folks who suddenly -- live been working all their lives to get an education just so that they can get that job and get out of welfare and they have their kid in head start and now suddenly that slot is gone and they're trying to figure out how can i keep my job because i can't afford child care for my kid, some of the suppliers for those ship builders down in virginia where you've got some suppliers who are small businesses, this is all they do and they may shut down those companies and their employees will be laid off, the accumulation of all those stories of impact is going to make our economy weaker.

it's going to mean less growth. it will mean hundreds of thousands of jobs lost. that is real. that's not -- we're not making that up. that's not a scare tactic. that's a fact. starting tomorrow, everybody here, all the folks who are cleaning the floors at the capitol, now that congress has left, somebody will be vacuuming and cleaning those floors and throwing out the ghar badgarbag. they'll have less pay. janitor, security guards. they just got a pay cut and they have to figure out how to manage that. that's real. so i want to be very clear here. it is absolutely true that this is not going to precipitate the kind of crisis we talked about with america defaulting and some of the problems around the debt ceiling. i don't anticipate a huge

financial crisis. but people will be hurt. the economy will not glow row a quickly as it would have. unemployment will not go down as quickly as it would have. and there are lives behind that. and that's real. and it's not necessary. that's the problem. kristin parsons. >> mr. president, your administration weighed in yesterday on the proposition 8 case. a few months ago it looked like you might be a ververse to doin that. were there things that you heard or read that influenced your thinking? >> at everybody here knows, last year upon a long period of

reflection, i concluded that we cannot discriminate against same-sex couples when it comes to marriage. the basic principal that america is founded on, the idea that we're all created equal, applies to everybody. regardless of sexual orientation swre as well as race or gender or religion or ethnicity. i think that the same evolution that i've gone through is an evolution that the country as a whole has gone through. and i think it is a profoundly positive thing. so that when the supreme court essentially called the question by taking this case about

california's law, i didn't feel like that was something that this administration could avoid. i felt it was important for us to articulate what i believe and what this administration stands for. and out though i do think that we're seeing on a state by state basis progress being made, more and more states recognizing same-sex couples aun s and givim the opportunity to marry and main taken maintain all the benefits of marriage that hex heterosexual couples do, when the supreme court asks do you think the california law which didn't provide any rationale for discriminating other than the notion that they're same-sex

couples, if the supreme court asks me or my attorney general or a solicitor general do we think that meets constitutional muster, i felt it was important for us to answer that question honestly. and the answer is no. >> given the fact that you do hold that position about gay marriage, i wonder if you thought about once you matt decision to weigh in, why not just argue that marriage is a right that should be available to all people in this country? >> well, that's an argument that i've made personally. solicitor general in his role going before the supreme court is obliged to answer the specific yquestion before them. and that specific question is whether prop 8 and the california law is unconstitutional. we put forward a basic principal which applies to all equal protection cases. whenever a particular group is

being discriminated against, the court asks the question what's the reactiationale for this and better be a good reason. and in you don't have a good reason, we'll strike it down. what we've said is that same-sex couples deserve heightened scrutiny, that the supreme court needs to ask the state why it's doing it and if it doesn't have a good reason, it should be struck down. that's the core principal as applied to this case. the court may decide if it doesn't apply in this case, it probably can't apply in any case. there's no good reason for it. if i were on the court, that would probably be the view i'd put forward. but i'm not a judge. i'm the president. but the basic principal is treat everybody equally.

and i think that the brief presented accurately reflects our you views. >> you've said repeatedly that the country has to stop careening from crisis to crisis. so with a few crises behind us and a few more ahead of us, taking a step back from the sequester, how as the leader of the country do you plan to stop the country from careening crisis to crisis? >> a couple things. number one is to make shure we keep making progress wherever we can on things important to middle class americans and those fighting to get in to the middle class. if you set aside budget fights for a second, we've been able to get the violence against women act done. conversations taking 34r5place around immigration reform are moving forward. we've seen great interest in a

bipartisan fashion around how we can improve our education system around early childhood education. there have been constructive discussions on reducing gun violence. i'll keep trying to make sure that we push on these things important on to families and we won't get everything done all at once, but we can get a lot done. so that's point number one. with respect to the budget, what i've done is to make a change to case to the american people that we have to make sure that we have a balanced approach to did he ever sdeficit reduction, but deficit reduction alone is not an economic policy. part of the challenge we've had here is that not only congress, but i think washington generally

spends all its time talking about deficits and doesn't spend a lot of time talking about how do we vaet jocreate jobs. i want to make sure we're talking about both. i think that for example we could put a lot of people back to work right now rebuilding our roads and bridges. we know we'll have to do it. i went to a bridge that connects mitch mcconnell's state to john boehner's state and it was a rotten bridge and everybody know it is. and i'll bet they want to see that improved. how do we do it? that will create job, it will be good for businesses, reduce commuter time, improve commuter safety. that has to be part of this conversation not just this constant argument about cutting and spending. so i guess my point is that i

want to make sure we're constantly focused, our true mort is on how are we helping american families succeed. deficit reduction is part of that agenda. and an important part. but it's not the only part. and i don't want us to be paralyzed on everything just because we disagree on this one thing. and as i already said to jessica, what i'm also hoping is that over time perhaps after republicans step back and maybe they can say, you know what, we stuck tough on the sequester and this makes us feel good, republican caucus is in a better mood when they come back, maybe then we can have a more serious discussion about what the real problems on deficit and deficit reduction are. and the good thing about america

is that sometimes we get to these bottlenecks and we get stuck and you have these sharp partisan fights. but the american people pretty steadily are common sense and practical and eventually that common sense, practical approach wins out. and i think that's what will happen here, as well. and in the meantime, just to make the fipt point abonal poin sequester, we will get through this. this is not going to be an apocalypse as some people have said. it's just dumb. and it will hurt. it will hurt individual people and it will hurt will the economy overall. but if congress comes to its senses a week from now, a month from now, three months from now, then there a lot of open running room there for us to grow our economy much more quickly and to advance the agenda of the

american people dramatically. and so, you know, this is a temporary step on what i believe is the long term outstanding prospect for american growth and greatness. all right? thank you very much. >> so there the president of the united states wrapping up his statement followed by questions going into detail on what he needs to do right now. the president making it abundantly clear he can't just order everyone to get a deal done to avoid these forced intending cuts from going into effect at midnight tonight. he said i'm not a dictator. i am the president. he's got to work with the republican leadership in the house and the senate had that meeting just before he came into the white house briefing room with the republican and democrat he can leadership of congress. let's go to congress right now. dana bash is standing by. dana, there is significant news

i think emerging from the meeting that the president had with the republican and democratic leadership, what the speaker said and now what the president said. it looks like they'll be able to pass what's called a continuing resolution that will keep the government going beyond march 27th, get rid of that issue even as they he continue to debate oversee questio over sequester. that would be significant. >> it would be. and we need to give on you viewers a bit of a reality check. what's going to happen, and we knew this before this meeting, is that the house led by republicans are going to vote on this legislation to keep the government running. it would keep it running through the end of september of 2013. but here is the but. we understand that they will also include in it the ability for the pentagon to have some

flexibility with these forced spending cuts. and on the senate side, democrats who run the senate, they don't necessarily like that idea. so, yes, we will see the house pass something next week, but then it is still an open question whether or not the senate will do that and we could get to the point where we're stuck over the same thing we're stuck on now as we head up to that date march 27th. so we have to be cautious about that optimism that they're talking about because the clicée is true, the telephone devil is details. >> if the issue is simply giving the president greater authority to determine how to make sure that the spending cuts impact the department of defense, and only the department of defense, he was resisting greater responsibility for across the board spending cuts giving him that responsibility, some republicans didn't like this, some democrats didn't like it, but it looks like there may be

an area where they can avoid a government shutdown even as they continue to debate this issue. and they will have to debate the issue in the next few months when the debt ceiling has to be raised again. so even if they work out the government shutdown issue, this so-called continuing resolution, they have other issues down the road. so right now, just to be precise, the forced spending cuts will go into effect at midnight tonight. and then we'll see what happens basically. there is nothing congress will do. they're all on recess until next monday and tuesday. >> right. they're gone. there is nothing that can be done. at this point right now we'll wait for the president to sign the order that he must sign to start the ball rolling for these forced cuts to go into effect. but we just heard for a while from the president. let's listen to what the house speaker did say to reporters coming out of the meeting thorn. >> the american people know washington has a spending

problem. and while there are smarter ways to cut spending than the process that we're about to engage on, the house shouldn't have to pass a third bhil before till before does anything. the house has laid out a plan to avoid the sequester. i would hope that the senate would act. but let's make it clear that the president got his tax hikes on january 1st. this discussion about revenue in my view is over. now, it's about taking on the spending problem here in washington. i did layout that the house is going to move a continuing resolution next week to fund the government past march 27th. and i'm hope until that we won't have to deal with the threat of a government shutdown while we're dealing with the sequester at the same time. the house will act next week and i hope the senate will follow suit. thanks. >> and we've been told that that

is effectively what the speaker told the president behind closed doors. he staked out his position that he's not going for move because he simply does not agree with the democratic position that this issue should be dealt with with any kind of tax increases, including closing loopholes that the president wants. one other thing i should tell you is that we're also told that we've heard drama out of some of these meetings, although they haven't happened for a while, our understanding is in wasn't a lot to report out of this, that people in that meeting, the leader, president, kind of staked their positions fnd and that was it. so not on lot of progress, but not much beyond what we're hearing in public.so not on lot not much beyond what we're hearing in public. >> i want to bring gloria borger in. the key issue at the heart of the dispute, the whole issue of tax revenue, additional tax increases, president says you

have to eliminate some of the loopholes, sx exemptions for corporations. republicans say they're ready to talk about eliminating loopholes, some of the deductions, but only as part of major tax reform and also as part of the deal you have to reduce the tax rates. i don't think the white house will go along with reducing tax rates at least for now. and also they want to couple it with entitlement reform, social security, medicare reform that is obviously essential at the same time. if they get into a room and start talking about the so-called grand bargain, maybe there's a deal down the the road. >> and they have to just get over this speed bump because if you listen to what you just said, both sides are saying, okay bei okay, we want to close loop tax

loopholes. they want to do entitlement reform. the president said i'm willing to do entitlement reform. republicans want 13w50i8g9sment reforl. so the question is in these forced spending cuts, the president says you have to have balance and close loopholes and republicans saying we're not going to do that in this context. we will only close those tax loopholes as a way to reduce tax rates, not to balance spending cuts. so they're talking right past each other, wolf. even though in the grand skeech of thing, they're saying where he want to close loopholes, we want to do entitlement reform, but this particular slice of the budget, don't forget, this is just a very small slice. this is domestic spending. this isn't entitlement spending. they can't figure out a way to get out of this box, which is

why the american people are probably going to scratch our heads and say if you agree on big things, that you can get the big stuff done, why are you sweating this relatively small tough. just go do it. >> gloria, i want to bring jessica yellin into the discussion. the president said i'm not a dictator, i'm the president. i can't force these guys. i just have the presidential responsibilities. that's the sound bite that i'm sure will be replayed throughout the day here and elsewhere, as well. i got the sense this is a president who is pretty confident, he thinks time is on his side politically in the battle with republicans, public opinion seems to be more in his corner than the corner of the republicans. and just as he got the republicans to blink on no new taxes at the end of december

when they finally agreed to raise taxes for the wealthy, he thinks eventually they will come around to his side right now. is that your sense? >> yes, you've summed it up. could you tell by his body language that he was relaxed and confident and heading into another fiscal crisis that's very different from the mood we got from him in the fiscal deal or debt talks. so obviously he has the the sense that he had the upper hand in the negotiation for now. but it will be a challenge to continue to convince the american people that this is a problem that is impacting everybody, to convince the american people that the spending cuts are really having an effect on the broader economy, because as he said, it's not going to be felt by everybody right away. and what he needs is broad public opinion on his side.

so he's trying to broadcast his message to the american people that this matters in a big way 37 a and the question is about time. over time will the opinion shift to the republicans' favor. and we don't know that yet. the president has been successful in these negotiations in the past. i think they believe they will be successful in the future because they've had so much successes under their belt, but this one could be different because the republicans really do feel that they have the upper hand and that they will not negotiate on this one. so it could be a more drawn out battle than either side expects. >> it was interesting the president started by suggesting we'll get through the crisis, wound up his remarks we'll get through this, but there will be pain, there will be suffering, but we just have to deal with this. the president making it clear

he's by no means ready to back town and he's by no means ready to act decisively in terms of trying to force the other side. once again referring to his line i'm not a dictator, i'm the president. >> that's right. he was very much on the offense here selling both his message about what he wants to do to resolve this problem and about how difficult and challenging this problem will be to regular people. and you heard him make the case that it's sort powerless will be hurt. hard working americans living paycheck to paycheck. so he's setting up the power players in washington are being tone deaf to the needs of regular folks out there. you also heard him say he can't do jedi mind tricks i think was the quote to get them to negotiate with him, which is i think will also an quick

classic. so a little bit of casual relaxed president obama up on the podium just hours before he signs will sequester order. so an indicate that they're not too panicked. clearly they feel they have time before this really take as toll on the economy. one piece of news, wolf, i can tell that yyou that as of the t they were in here, the president had not yet signed the order. >> when he signs it, the forced spending cuts immediately go in to effect. he has to stein it before midnight tonight. jess cashing thanks very much. i think anyone who has seen the president lately is convinced he's a lot more self-confident than he was in the first four years of his presidency. obviously the main reason he was reelected by the american people. ali velshi is watching what's going on. what's your takeaway. >> you've analyzed it pretty well. i did see that the dow did actually turn around. stock markets got more enthused

for some reason and i think it's right about where we heard both from the president and separately news filtered out that john boehner had said that they're looking to pass the continuing resolution. this is really an important -- by the way, the dow was off about 0.8% this morning. so being up a third is quite a swing. we're fewer than 100 points away from the the all-time high. the continuing resolution you and i were just talking about this before the president start started, it would just extend the budget at last year's levels. the president said he would not have a budget proposal ready by february. so they won't get it done by april. so once again since 2009, we have not had a new budget in this country and there is all 10r9s of nonsense. people will tell you it's the democrats, the president, it's dumb. the problem is you have to negotiate a budget and we haven't done that. everybody has put them up for up or down votes.

nobody does an up or down vote for a budget. so they're designed to fail. the continuing resolution is a bit of a cowardly move, but it means nobody has to have another fight. so both sides realize they're at a stalemate. they have fundamentally opposite views on where money should be spent and cut. so at least we may not be sitting here on march 27th when the exiting continuing resolution which substitutes for a budget in the united states expires which is why i think you're looking at a slightly positive market reaction right now. >> i think the markets liked it when boehner said he'll introduce legislation to make sure the government doesn't shut down and then when the president responds to a question indicating, yeah, give me the legislation. we can make sure that the government continues to operate. wall street obviously happy about that. ali, don't go too far away.

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watch more developments about the failed forced spending cut, meetings between the president and leading republicans on capitol hill. but we will revisit other news taking place, as well. >> a lot happening. let's begin in michigan. we have some pretty important news out of there. moments ago, michigan's government declared a financial emergency in the city. governor rick snyder beginning with a review board that detroit's finances are in terrible shape, there is no viable solution to turn thing around. >> poppy harlow has been following the developments. first, what are we hearing from the government about why he is now taking this rather drastic step? >> this is drastic, this is historic, this essentially means that detroit is in such bad place financially that the state is taking it over and this from

everything we've seen marks the largest state takeover of a city in american history. the governor came out and said the books in detroit look so bad, we've been deteriorating as a city for so long, the mayor and the city council don't have the means to fix it, someone else has to come in and do that. now, they have ten days to repeal it, but winning that is very unlikely. so take a listen to what the governor just announced. >> if you think about it over the last few decades, the current system has not been working. we have not stopped the decline. it is time to say this is the time for us not to argue or to blame. but to come together as detroit, michigan, not detroit versus michigan, and bring all our resources to bear to say let

just solve the problem let's solve the financial issues and grow detroit. >> detroit's population fell from about 1.5 million people 20 years ago to 700,000 residents today. so their cap space has completely eroded. they don't have enough money to keep the city running the way it needs to be running. the auto sector went through the complete down fall. so detroit has been on its news for a while. what this means is that if someone from the outside comes in and takes over the city, they can wipe out union contracts, they can layoff government workers without any approval from anyone else. so they have sweeping powers that will ultimately save the city a lot of money. but i think residents there are concerned about what this could mean, will it be painful in terms of jobs. >> so what happens next? >> what happens next is there is ten days, so if the city council and mayor oppose this, which the

mayor of detroit was not present at the meeting, they can appeal it. and then at this hearing, that appeal can either be accepted or denied. if it is denied, then the govern governor, he will put someone this charge of detroit to do whatever they think is necessary to get the city back on its feet. then there will be a vote in 18 months. if two thirds overturn the emergency manager, then that person could go out of office. but this is to try to stave off bankruptcy. so this is really the next step. and i do want to note by the way the detroit schools have been under the oversight of an emergency manager, as well, for the past few years. so the schools and now the city itself. >> sad state of affairs. hard to believe.

poppy, thanks so much. something else fairly unbelievable to watch and understand. we're talking about a house in seffner, florida that was swallowed in earth. >> a man is sleeping in his bed, the earth opens up beneath him, swallowing him up. it was a sinkhole believed to be about 20 to 30 feet wide and about 20 feet deep. >> his brother actually tried to go after him, but rescuers pulled him away fearing that the hole could get even bigger. >> heard a loud crash like a car comingi through the house. and i heard my brother screaming. so i ran back there and tried xwh going inside his room. all i seen was this real big hole and his mattress. and that was it. that's all i seen. >> you tried jumping in after him?

>> yes, i jumped in the hole. was trying to dig him out. but i couldn't find him. i thought i could hear him hollering for me to help him. >> did you see any last part of him before -- >> i didn't see any part of him when i went this there. all i seen was his bed. and i told my father-in-law to grab a shovel and i just started digging and digging and digging. and cops showed up and told me the floor is still falling in. >> so you were still at risk, as well. and now your entire family is out here in support. why are you out here in support? >> just to keep closure, i guess, make sure he's not dead, see if he's alive. i know in my heart he's dead, but i want to be here because i love him. he's my brother, man.

>> officials just held a news conference, they said that engineers are on the scene trying to figure out what the next step is and we'll keep a close eye on the story. this is very disturbing, a discovery of a 13-year-old boy found dead, his tortured body dumped on the side of a busy road where five other murder victims. >> what makes this story even more chilling, the dead boy was a self confessed hit man for a drug cartel. rafael, how does a boy end up as a hit man? >> that's what authorities are trying to find out. and what they told me this morning is that they have actually confirmed that the 13-year-old boy whose name is being withheld as you can imagine was already detained previously. and confessed to multiple homicides. now, his body was found yesterday and again like i said before central mexico where he

was noufound alongside five oth people including the mother of this 13-year-old boy. now, because of his age, he had to be released to the custody of his mother because if you're 13 years old in mexico, you cannot get prosecuted. but it tells you a lot about the situation there. what a sad story that somebody who is only 13 years old is already involved with this kind of life. what shorts are telling me is that the six people found dead including the 13-year-old boy were not only on killed, but had been previously tortured, which indicates to authorities that this was an organized crime incident, not just an isolated killing. >> and is the belief that this was by a rival i guess organization that targeted him? and you talked about the previous arrest which means the family knew about his voechlts.

>> and it's not the first i'm it happened. back in 2011, a 14-year-old boy confessed to authorities that he had beheaded four people. let's listen to that particular moment when this 14-year-old boy confessed. the bottom line here is that it seems like organized crime realizes that some of these kids cannot be prosecuted because of their age. we're also hearing of cases in for example yacht made la of an 11-year-old boy hired as an

assassin. and two girls shot a businessman who didn't want to pay a bribe. so you hear and you begin to wonder maybe these kids are being forced to do did that to work for organized crime because they cannot be prosecuted because of their age. >> is it less prosecution or more no one would suspect that this child would have a hit on you? >> exactly right. and you seem them operating where some of these drug car tells are very powerful, they have a lot of money and they have the means to force people to do something for them ne g threats and you have to do it. they were incarcerated until the government couldn't afford to keep them anymore. >> we're talking about hundreds of undocumented immigrants being

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forced spending cuts taking effect midnight tonight. >> immigrations and customs officials didn't wait for the cuts to kick in before they decided to take action. this week they moved hundreds of undocumented immigrants from detention centers into less expensive supervised release programs. >> the department of homeland security says it was not notified in advance in fact. ed lavendera caught up with one detainee whose release was -- i guess it caught him by surprise. >> reporter: man wewell oig per satisfies leap when guards walk him will up and said he was being let out. i had no idea what was going on, he says. there were eight other people in my cell and i was the only one they let go. i wasn't expecting it at all. perez is one of several hundred undocumented immigrants quietly and unexpectedly released from

immigration custody in the last week as looming budget cuts start to effect federal government agencies like immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e.. perez has been told to show up at an immigration court hearing in a few weeks. the obama administration says the illegal immigrants released from detention if a sets like this one in east texas are low risk and i.c.e. officials say it's more cost effective to let them out while they wait for their immigration cases to wind through the court system. perez came to the united states 11 years ago. he was arrested last month on a misdemeanor dwi charge, served time in county jail, then sat in immigration custody for the past month. immigrant advocates say detainees like perez should never have been rounded up. he says this controversy is casting a light on a broken system. >> they have hundreds of people locked up that aren't supposed to be locked up. and they don't want to get the public scrutiny of it.

so how do you get rid of them? let's let them out and call it a budget crunch. >> reporter: than well operez c his apartment and found all of his belongings were stolen while he was locked up. he'll try to start over while he waits to hear if he'll be deported. picture it, warm weather, white sand, clear blue waters. >> sounds good. feels good. let's go there. it's almost time to start planning the summer beach vacations. our travel expert is here to give us the world's top ranked beaches. [ female announcer ] he could be your soulmate. but first you've got to get him to say, "hello." new crest 3d white arctic fresh toothpaste. use it with these 3d white products, and whiten your teeth in just 2 days. new crest 3d white toothpaste. life opens up when you do.

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not go to hawaii and to maui. wallea is gorgeous and offers you all the activities you could want and more including snorkeling, paddle boarding and amazing hotels. but what i love about it is the incredible beauty. great for families getting away, great to couples going on honeymoons. a popular honeymoon decembstina. >> i've been there. you can be with people or you can find a solution. and you talk about the family. what about a family friendly beach? >> one that our readers loved was in florida. we have two that came in in florida. both seaside beach which is on the gulf coast which is great

because it has those big wide beaches, very flat, very smooth sand. this is beautiful if you want to just play a game of frisbee, spend time with the family. and what i love i definitely think it's a family destination. it's great at the end of the day, you can get a cruiser bike and ride into town and get yourself a great seafood dinner at a local shack. >> sign me up. >> exactly. >> all of the above, i'll take. >> me, too. is there something from australia on the list? in bondi beach. if you go to icebergs and sit there and have a cocktail while you're watching the surfers, that's not so bad. i don't think that's so tourist. >> you know your sydney. >> i do. >> good to see you. thanks so much. meantime, maybe you'll dance a little bit when you're on the beach.

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as we've been discussing, the harlem shake craze is spreading all across the globe.

now cairo, egypt. the dancers in that city aren't just busting a move for the fun of it. >> they are hoping the harlem shake will actually shake up the country's ruling party. a group of pro democracy activists thrust their hips in front of the muslim brotherhood's cairo headquarters demanding reform. pretty bold. >> at least there's a message in that one. the rest of it seems ridiculous. >> at least a nice gathering there with lots of smiles. >> exactly. that will do it for me. but you're not done. >> thanks. it was fun. only 30 minutes, but i'll take it. have a great weekend. the cnn newsroom is continuing right now. ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the reimagined 2013 chevrolet traverse. all set? all set. with spacious seating for up to eight.